Towards the end of each year, thousands of children in Ontario participate in an activity that has absolutely no benefit to their education. No it’s not Crazy Hair Day (Crazy Hair Day is awesome.)
With a name like Education Quality and Accountability Office testing, how can I possibly say that … [Read more...]

Hard to believe that in just a few days the kiddies will be back to school! I don't know about you, but I have been wiping the tears from my eyes - tears of joy that is! Don't get me wrong, I love my children and really enjoy spending the summer months with them, however, it has presented some … [Read more...]

Kyle Schwartz is a third grade teacher at Doull Elementary in Denver. She has been teaching for three years. While she loves her job, she admits to having one main obstacle in her teaching: relating to her students.
“Ninety-two percent of our students qualify for free and reduced lunch,” Schwartz … [Read more...]

Homework, argh. We all thought once we finished school, we were done with it. And for a while, most of us were. But then we had kids and those kids had homework, so we inevitably began working on homework yet again.
The idea of reducing or completely banning homework (or, hey, why not try to at … [Read more...]

The end of the school year is fast approaching, and along with all the planning for activities, camps, family vacation, childcare or just coping with your kids full-time for two months, now you have to get a gift (or maybe two or three or four or - gulp - more...depending on your past fertility) … [Read more...]

We all feel stressed and anxious, but not for the reasons you might expect.
Spring is in the air and kids, parents and teachers alike are counting down the days until summer holidays. But you may be surprised to learn that most teachers don't wait with bated breath for the last day of school just … [Read more...]

This is a guest post written anonymously by an UrbanMoms reader and educator.Last Friday, I took my two sons to the TDSB Cross Country Fun Meet at Earl Bales Park. As a parent at one of the many TDSB schools where teachers have chosen to boycott all activities outside of the delivery of curriculum, … [Read more...]

I'm always wondering what the world will be like when my kids are grown up. Will they be keen on working hard and not be "entitled" as our generation is so worried about? Will they understand the need to help those who can't help themselves? Will they understand that we can all learn from each other … [Read more...]

Well the start of the school year has brought about some interesting and frustrating issues regarding teachers and their roles / responsibilities.We are all aware of the teachers whole work to rule issue and for the most part we get it - at least I do. However there are some issues that are so … [Read more...]

Okay so we have only 4 more days left off school and as usual this month I am behind schedule! Normally I would have had my end of year teacher gifts all bought, wrapped and given to the teachers by now but this month has been super crazy busy and I sort of put the teacher gifts on the back … [Read more...]